PRAIRIE PLANTS OF  NORTHERN ILLINOIS


 

Click Map to see plant lists!  
 
  PRODUCED BY THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
of

MADISON JR. HIGH

NAPERVILLE UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #203
FOR THE

TIE-INS PLANT BIODIVERSITY PROJECT

Click on the common or scientific (Genus species) name of the Prairie Plants in the tables below to help you identify and learn more about them.
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 

 
 
PRAIRIE GRASSES
Click on common or scientific names below!
 
COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
BIG BLUESTEM 
Andropogon gerardi 
PRAIRIE CORD GRASS
Spartina pectinata
PRAIRIE DROPSEED 
Sporobolus heterolepis
INDIAN GRASS
Sorghastrum nutans 
SIDE-OATS GRAMA
Bouteloua curtipendula 
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum
 


PRAIRIE FORBS
Click on common or scientific names below!
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
WILD BERGAMOT Monarda fistulosa
COMPASS PLANT Silphium laciniatum
TALL COREOPSIS Coreopsis tripteris
CUP PLANT Silphium perfoliatum
PRAIRIE DOCK Selphium terebinthinaceum
STIFF (PRAIRIE) GOLDENROD Solidago rigida
WHITE WILD INDIGO Baptisia leucantha
MOUNTAIN MINT Pycnanthemum virginianum
WILD QUININE Parthenium integrifolium
RATTLESNAKE MASTER Eryngium yuccifolium
ROSIN WEED Silphium integrifolium
SAWTOOTH SUNFLOWER  Helianthus grosseserratus 
 
 


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© Copyright 2002, L&T Natural Images and Madsion Jr. High, all rights reserved. Contact information: email at lcwik@naperville203.org or tcoutts@naperville203.org


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This project was created by the 7th grade students of teams 7 UPS and TEAM UNITED from Madison Jr. High, Naperville Consolidated Unit School District #203 in Naperville, Illinois with the help of their teachers Mrs. Trudi Coutts and Mr. Lawrence Cwik along with Techology Lab Director Mrs. Margaret Gilmore. Support for the project came from Principal Ms.Erin Anderson and the other dedicated and cooperative faculty and staff of Madison Jr. High.


REFERENCES:

Mohlenbroch, Robert H., and John W. Voigt.  Prairie Pants of Illinois.
Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 1985.

Young, Dick.  Kane County Wild Plants and Natural Areas.  2nd ed. Geneva, Il:
Kane County Illinois Forest Preserve District, 1994.

 

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